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adjective

Planetary adj.

Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.

Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.

(Astrol.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet. "Skilled in the planetary hours."

Caused by planets. "A planetary plague."

Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. "Erratical and planetary life."

Planetary days, the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day.

Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet.

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Etymology of 'Planetary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Planetary" Quotes from Famous Books

... createst worlds and satellites, (And Who canst estimate the universe) Weighing the heavens in Thy balances, Who hast ordained the laws of cosmic space To guide aright the planetary spheres; Thou Ruler of the infinite and great, Alike of vast and infinitesimal; Thou fundamental cause of all that is, In process of creation and decay, In the mutation and the ravages Sequent of constant lapse and flight of time Reveal ...

— Mountain idylls, and Other Poems • Alfred Castner King

... "Any planetary commander of Armed Forces can, in a state of extreme emergency. I think you'll both agree that this emergency is about as extreme as they come. Kovac knew that Maith was unwilling to do it—he'd have to stand court-martial to justify his action—but he also knew that ...

— Oomphel in the Sky • Henry Beam Piper

... Cellini, or the gold and silver and crystal goblets made by his compeers. Examine the clocks, of which the one at Strassburg is an example; the detail of workmanship is infinite; even the striking apparatus and the dials showing planetary motions are far beyond our own means, or perhaps our taste. When Peter Henlein invented the watch, using as the mainspring a coiled feather, he may not have made chronometers as exact as those turned out nowadays, ...

— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

... views in the revelation of nebular forms, showed the spiral to be the typical shape. Indeed, it is a question whether all nebul are not to some extent spiral. The extreme importance of this discovery is shown in the effect that it has had upon hitherto prevailing views of solar and planetary evolution. For more than three-quarters of a century Laplace's celebrated hypothesis of the manner of origin of the solar system from a rotating and contracting nebula surrounding the sun had guided speculation on that subject, and had been tentatively extended to cover the evolution ...

— Curiosities of the Sky • Garrett Serviss

... designed, and began to paint the figures round the sides: they have however been retouched by Giotto, who added the signs of the Zodiac to Peter's mysterious performances, which meant to explain the planetary influences, as he was a man deeply dipped in judicial astrology; and there is his own portrait among them, dressed like a Zoroastrian priest, with a planet in the corner. At the bottom of the hall hangs the famous crucifixion, for the purpose of doing ...

— Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I • Hester Lynch Piozzi

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